Amazon RDS vs. Azure SQL Database vs. DataStax vs. Yugabyte Comparison Chart

Part of the Azure SQL family, Azure SQL Database is the intelligent, scalable, relational database service built for the cloud. It’s evergreen and always up to date, with AI-powered and automated features that optimize performance and durability for you. Serverless compute and Hyperscale storage options automatically scale resources on demand, so you can focus on building new applications without worrying about storage size or resource management. Eliminate the complexity of configuring and managing high availability, tuning, backups and other database tasks with a fully managed SQL database. Accelerate your application development on the only cloud with evergreen SQL using the latest SQL Server capabilities, and never worry about updates, upgrades, or end of support again. Build modern apps your way with provisioned and serverless compute options.

The Leading High-Performance Distributed SQL Database. Open source, cloud native relational DB for powering global, internet-scale apps. Single-Digit Millisecond Latency Build blazing fast cloud applications by serving queries directly from the DB. Massive Scale. Achieve millions of transactions per second and store multiple TB’s of data per node. Geo-Distribution. Deploy across regions and clouds with synchronous or multi-master replication. Built for Cloud Native Architectures. Develop, deploy and operationalize modern applications faster than ever before with YugabyteDB. Gain Developer Agility. Leverage full power of PostgreSQL-compatible SQL and distributed ACID transactions. Operate Resilient Services. Ensure continuous availability even when underlying compute, storage or network fails. Scale On-Demand. Add and remove nodes at will. Say no to over-provisioned clusters forever. Lower User Latency.